Gontier Publishing

03/07/2026

Thank you, WASBE-World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles and Joop Boerstoel for mentioning my composition "The Art of Technology" in your latest article about suggested repertoire for developing bands.
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Available for Concert Band, Fanfare Band and Flex-Band.

This 40th installment of suggested repertoire is proposed by Dutch conductor Joop Boerstoel studied at the conservatories in Enschede (conducting and clarinet) and Maastricht (orchestral conducting). Since 1995, Joop has also been active internationally as a guest conductor and clinician. At De Hask...

09/04/2026

Les Voyages du Commandant Cousteau for tuba & organ
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Recorded by Bart van Neyghem (tuba) and Nikolas Fehr (organ)

02/04/2026

"Dance Scene from Queen Tamara" - Johan Halvorsen, arr. Tom Gontier
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Performed by Sykkylven Janitsjarorkester (Norway).

02/03/2026

NEW ARRANGEMENT FOR CONCERT BAND:
DANCE SCENE FROM QUEEN TAMARA (grade 4)
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEAatHrRqKM&list=RDxEAatHrRqKM&start_radio=1
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Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935) was among the most prominent Norwegian musical figures of his day, not only as one of the leading composers of his generation but also as a violinist and conductor. His compositions develop the national romantic tradition of his friends Grieg and Svendsen, but his was a distinctive style marked by brilliant orchestration which in turn was inspired by the French romantic composers. The varied fruits of his career produced such scores as Fossegrimen, the neoclassical Suite Ancienne and his Symphonic Intermezzo from The King, a tone poem much indebted to the musical language of Liszt and Wagner.
Halvorsen wrote extensively for the stage, and his lifelong fascination with ‘exotic’ elements in music is evident in the ‘Dance Scene’ from the incidental music to Knut Hamsun’s Queen Tamara, a historical play set in the Caucasus.

Provided to YouTube by Naxos Digital ServicesQueen Tamara: Dance Scene · Neeme Järvi · Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra · Johan HalvorsenHalvorsen: Orchestral W...